Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] themselves [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The English established themselves in a strong defensive position and on the evening of 26 August the French approached . |
| 2 | This either indicates the typical ’ lip-service ’ paid to issues of racism , the overriding liberalism , the negation of our abilities to give a contribution , or it show that Black women are not prepared to involve themselves in a reactionary movement which takes no account of our needs . |
| 3 | This being the case , the couple have to work hard to establish themselves as a new adult unit . |
| 4 | One was that , arising from the transfer of lands from one allegiance to the other , many found themselves under a new lord ; and some did not like it . |
| 5 | The Jones boys were busy preparing themselves for a whistle-stop tour of Texas , fuelled by the news from their American promoters that they 'd be playing Dallas and Houston the same nights as GENESIS , and that they were out-selling PHIL ‘ Two Houses ’ COLLINS and his Tory mates by three tickets to one . |
| 6 | This is due largely to the fact that doctors were able to organize themselves into a professional group before the state intervened in medicine and became a major employer of medical practitioners . |
| 7 | This would require companies to be able to merge across frontiers and be able to organize themselves on a Europe-wide basis without discrimination . |
| 8 | In so far as they do , they are troubled : they try to find a way for women to be represented in a religion where the Godhead is conceived in male terms , and a way indeed to be able to associate themselves with a male God or Christ . |
| 9 | These may consist of able musicians who are unwilling or unable to commit themselves on a regular basis . |
| 10 | They are free spirits , to independent to tie themselves to a single magazine . ’ |
| 11 | Once Ann had been helped to understand that she felt insecure in her relationship with Charles as a result of earlier experiences , she and Charles were then able to commit themselves to a contractual approach to problem-solving . |
| 12 | Thus , at the very moment when the common menace receded , the Twelve committed themselves to a common defence policy . |
| 13 | The CDU and SPD had seemed close enough since 1960 on domestic and international issues to work together and the CDU were keen to rebuild themselves after a troubled period since 1961 . |